wildfires

A wildfire burning a mountainside above Kid Creek near Kitchener, BC on Sept 10, 2025.

Wildfires are threatening B.C.’s drinking water

By Anne Shibata Casselman and Kari Medig

Sept. 15, 2025(Updated Sept. 15, 2025) 12 min. read

Communities from Cranbrook to Kelowna know fire can contaminate reservoirs as well as burn homes....

A black bear cub pokes its head out from a charred tree that was burned in a wildfire.

Why are Canada’s parks so primed to burn?

By Drew Anderson and Matt Simmons (Local Journalism Initiative Reporter)

Aug. 2, 2024 10 min. read

Pests, past forest management practices and colonization are all factors in wildfires like Jasper’s —...